Folding cot.



A. N. & C. W. CLOUGH.

FOLDlNG 00T.

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FOLDING COT. APPLICATION FILED' JUNE 2o. 1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

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FOLDING cor.

` lSpecification of Letters Patent.

-' Patented Aug. 2o, 191s.

Y. AAmilication led .Tune 20, 1917. Serial VNo. 175,774.

To all whom t may concer/i172` i E Be It known that we, ALFRED NoRvELL ,CLOUGH and CHARLES -WILLIAM -Qnouern citizens of the United States, residing aty Chowchilla, in the county of Madera and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Folding Cots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding cots; and has for its object to provide a strong and rigid cot capable of being folded and collapsed into a compact bundle suitable for carrying in an automobile or pack.

The distinguishing features of the invention are a rigid frame capable of being folded and collapsed, the use of hinged sections at each end, one of which is adjustable to various angular positions, and the employment of novel and eflicient braces and struts to reinforce and support the structure throughout.

One form which our invention may assume is eXemplied in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a longitudinal, vertical, sectional view of a cot embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 shows an end elevation of the same.

Fig'. 3 shows an inverted plan view of the frame in folded position.

Fig. 4 shows a similar view of same after it has been collapsed.

In the form shown in the accompanying drawings, we employ a frame made up of intermediate side bars of about one-half the full length of the extended cot, having pivoted at their ends spaced plates 11 carried upon the supporting legs 12. Extension bars 13 are pivotally connected to the plates' 11 in line with the bars 10 and transverse bars 14 fit into notches in the outerends of the bars 13 and are detachable therefrom. A canvas or other covering 15 is tacked to the intermediate side bars 10 and also to the extension bars 13, being -cut away at 16 where the plates 11 occur, and at its ends formed with loops 17 to receive the transverse bars.

The struts or braces for the frame include transverse spacing bars 18 pivoted to each of the legs and formed with a knee joint 19 centrally thereof to permit folding move-- ment upwardly. Diagonal bars 2O are pivotally connected to each leg and an adjacent spacing bar being also formed with a knee joint to permit upward folding. Between each leg and adjacent intermediate sidebar is pivoted a diagonal brace bar 21, knee- -jointed to fold upwardly and outwardly,

and between each leg and extension bar 13 is a similar jointed bar 22 for supporting the extension frame and knee-jointed to fold upwardly and inwardly.

In the case of one pair of extension bars 13, the braces 22 are disconnectible from the legs 12 and are provided with pins 24 to enter apertures at di'erent points in the legs and intermediate frame bars for varymg the angular position of the extension frame, whereby a head-rest may be formed forgsleeping or a backrest formed for reclmlng, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. T he ends of the pins 24 are preferably provided with pivoted keepers 25 which are capable of alinement with the pins but are turnable at rightangles thereto for locking the pins in the apertures.

In the use of the cot and considering the structure as set up, it vis quickly folded and collapsed by removing the transverse end bars 14, folding the extension frames toward the legs and swinging the legs and extension frames into parallel relation with the intermediate frame on the underside thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. The transverse foldable spacing bars 18l are then flexed to permit the side bars to be brought together, as shown in Fig. 4, and the detached end bars 14 are then placed between.

VThe result is a small and compact bundle of about one-half the length of the cot and suliiciently narrow in cross section to be carried easily under the arm. The cot when set up is strong and rigid, being effectively braced and reinforced at all points where strains are likely to occur.

Various changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts herein shown and described may be employed without departing from the spirit of our invention as disclosed in the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- In a folding cot, side members, legs piv-V oted to the side members to fold therebeneath, transverse spacing bars pivoted to the respective legs and each having a kneejoint at its center, and diagonal braces having knee-joints at their centers connected-,te `In testimony whereof` We brive hereunto the spacingbars and to the legs, rillvofthe set our hands in the presence of the subknee joints breaking outvfidly'wlby,'t'ff scbimgv'vities'ss."

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